By Nigel Inkster and Virginia Comolli

This new Adelphi book argues that the present enforcement regime is not only failing to win the ‘war on drugs’; it is also igniting and prolonging that conflict on the streets of producer and transit countries, where the supply chain has become interwoven with state institutions and cartels have become embroiled in violence against their rivals and with security forces. Read more

‘A sober, thorough and elegant assessment of the war on drugs and why it has failed so badly. When venerable institutions like the IISS bring their considerable gravitas to this debate in such a forceful manner, then it is surely a sign that the time has come for a fundamental rethink of this policy.’
Misha Glenny, journalist and author of McMafia: A Journey through the Global Criminal Underworld

Further information: IISS